Articles — Thermomix soft bread

The trick to getting very soft bread is to knead until you get window pane gluten stretch from your dough. It is possible to do that with Thermomix kneading. However, you will need to freeze all ingredients as extended kneading beyond 3 minutes does heat up the temperature due to the velocity from the kneading. My formula is intervals (with rest) of 4 minutes kneading up to a maximum of 3 times (i.e. 12 minutes) to get the window pane elasticity. What I'd like to do is to ice my liquids and not to dump all liquids in at once....

I wouldn't say I am an expert when it comes to baking. I am still on my learning journey and constantly experimenting with recipes. I have been experimenting with various Hokkaido bread recipes and finally found the best combination taht works with my Thermomix. Why do I use the Thermomix? It mixes ingredients whether wet or dry up nicely and has an in built dough kneading function. Since I need to cook the tang zhong starter, using the Thermomix makes it more convenient since I cook the tang zhong then make the dough in the same mixing bowl - without...